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Oregon Medical Marijuana Patients Rights at Risk with SB936

Bonnie King Salem-News.com

More growers or fewer patients? What's the strategy?

(SALEM, Ore.) -
SB 936 is a measure created to make things simpler. It seems that goal was lost from the beginning.

While sensible regulations and oversight of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program is an honorable goal, SB 936 simply goes too far, costing too many patients their medicine and putting too much of a burden on medical providers.

March 25th is Scotts Mills Quake Anniversary

(SALEM, Ore.) -
On March 25th, 1993, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Scotts Mills, Ore., causing approximately $30 million in damage that included Molalla High School, a Mount Angel church, and the Capitol rotunda in Salem.

It remains the most destructive quake in terms of property loss in Oregon's history.

Lumber Truck Crash Creates Traffic Problems

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Excessive speed appears to be a factor.

(SALEM, Ore.) -
A semi-truck carrying a load of lumber southbound on the Salem Parkway tipped over at Commercial St NE spilling its load.

Just after 3:00 PM, 46-year old Douglas Barnes, from Amity, was operating the 1985 Peterbilt pulling two flat bed trailers loaded with lumber. The truck rolled over as he was southbound on the Salem Parkway negotiating the curve onto Commercial St NE.

Two Men Stabbed During Altercation in Cave Junction

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Both received stabbing injuries from a weapon belonging to one of the men.

(JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore.) -
Two Cave Junction men were treated for stabbing injuries after an altercation which occurred outside of a residence in the Cave Junction area. One man was treated and released and the other was taken into surgery for treatment related to the incident.

On March 16th, 2015, at approximately 1:46 PM, the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, along with troopers from the Oregon State Police Grants Pass work site responded to a report of a stabbing which occurred at 486 South Redwood Highway in Cave Junction.

OSP Assisting Wasco County SO with Armed/Barricaded Subject

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The smoke appeared some time after police heard gunshots.

(THE DALLES, Ore.) -
The Wasco County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police Arson Unit are investigating a fire which has been confirmed to involve a single fatality stemming from this mornings barricaded subject call in The Dalles.

As fire crews worked throughout the structure a single fatality was discovered. The name of the deceased person is being withheld pending identification and next of kin notification.